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During the ceasefire period, the United States Pacific Command assessment team conducted a study from 12 September to 24 October 2002, which made several recommendations to strengthen the capabilities of the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force in case of the peace process failing. After studying the weakness of the military ...
Abans PLC also known as Abans Group is a Sri Lankan public limited company and a diversified conglomerate in Sri Lanka engaged in ICT, retail, manufacturing, logistics, commercial real estate and financial services. Abans predominantly functions mainly as a consumer retailer selling various electronic appliances, smart phones, laptops, cooking ...
On 20 May 2021, X-Press Pearl caught fire off the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka. [3] The vessel was engulfed in flames by 27 May and declared a total loss . It was still afloat, and the fire was thought to be under control by Sri Lankan firefighters by the late hours of 27 May 2021. [ 4 ]
By 2024, Sri Lanka re-entered the path of economic growth, with a renewed focus on sustainable development. Sri Lanka has met the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving extreme poverty and is on track to meet most of the other MDGs, outperforming other South Asian countries. Sri Lanka's poverty headcount index was 4.1% by 2016.
In 1972, the country was renamed as the Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka, and the position was known as the prime minister of Sri Lanka from then onwards. The prime minister also held the unified Ministry of External Affairs and Defence until 1977, when the government of J. R. Jayewardene split the ministry into two ...
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 8 November 1983 20 December 1988 1869 Office vacant: 20 December 1988 9 March 1989 79 – Premadasa – (5) Sirimavo Bandaranaike සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක (1916–2000) Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 9 March 1989 24 June 1994 1902 9th: Wijetunga: Office vacant: 24 June 1994 25 August 1994 62 ...
Dr. Deepika Udagama was appointed as the new Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka on 20 October 2015. Sri Lanka also appointed members to Public Service Commission and the Police Commission on the same day. [23] Dharmasena Dissanayake has been appointed the Chairman of the Public Service Commission.
Sri Lanka won the second T20I by four wickets to level the series. [19] Sri Lanka won the third T20I by seven wickets and won the series 2–1. [20] It was the first time that Sri Lanka had won a T20I series against India. [21] It was also Sri Lanka's first bilateral series win against India across all formats of international cricket since ...